The life history of weedy seadragons, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus (Teleostei: Syngnathidae)

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-322

  Forsgren, Kristy L ^a   Lowe, Christopher G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Development; Growth; Reproduction; Syngnathid

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH; HATCHING; MORPHOLOGY; SPAWNING; WEED;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

PHYLLOPTERYX TAENIOLATUS; SYNGNATHIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33646353688     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF05094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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